In a podcast for the History Hub.ie podcast series Jennifer Farrell (UCD) looks at the prophecies of Merlin.

Jennifer Farrell’s research is funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Merlin and his Prophecies:

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Image: Detail of Merlin dictating his prophecies to his scribe, Blaise; French 13th century minature from Robert de Boron’s Merlin en prose (written ca 1200). (Manuscript illustration, c.1300.). Scan from “Brockhaus Geschichtslexikon, vol. 2, Mittelalterliche Welt und frühe Neuzeit”, article “Geoffrey of Monmouth”. See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons